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USS Sentinel (SP 180)

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Name
  
USS Sentinel

Decommissioned
  
20 March 1919

Launched
  
1917

Commissioned
  
9 August 1917

Displacement
  
15 long tons (15 t)

Length
  
20 m

USS Sentinel (SP-180)

Builder
  
Pacific Shipyards and Ways Co., Alameda, California

Fate
  
Transferred to the Coast Guard, 18 September 1919

USS Sentinel (SP-180) was the first United States Navy vessel to bear the name. It was a motorboat built in 1917 by Pacific Shipyards and Ways Co., Alameda, California and was purchased by the United States Navy from W. G. Tibbetts on 9 August 1917 and commissioned the same day, Ensign C. A. Lundquist, USNRF, in command.

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World War I Operations

Sentinel operated in San Francisco Bay during and after World War I, patrolling the harbor entrance and assisting small vessels.

Decommissioning

She was decommissioned on 20 March 1919, transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 18 September 1919, and renamed Tulare. She was again renamed AB-14 on 6 November 1923, and remained in service until 1934.

References

USS Sentinel (SP-180) Wikipedia